Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/buxati

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Has been compared to Ancient Greek βύᾱς (búās), Latin būbō, Latvian baũkš and Old Armenian բու (bu).

Verb

*buxati impf (perfective *buxnǫti)

  1. (transitive) to bang?, to thump?
  2. (intransitive) to thud?

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бу́хать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress